Masil makes a first in Iraq
Iraq has awarded the exclusive contract for the delivery of a full suite of ground handling, cargo and fuelling services at Baghdad airport to Menzies Aviation’s joint venture with several companies in Iraq.
Trading as Masil, the United Iraqi Company for Airports and Ground Handling Services is a joint venture between Iraqi Airways, Air BP, Menzies Aviation and Al Burhan Group.
This is the first licence of its kind to be awarded by the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority to a foreign aviation services company. It comes as Iraq looks to global industry players to help grow its aviation industry with plans to upgrade key infrastructure and services at the country’s largest airport which currently also handles all aircraft movements for airlines such as Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines. (ah)